Voyager 1 and 2

What have the operations team been doing to preserve power on Voyager in recent years? Check all that apply.

• shutting off science instruments

• shutting off back-ups

• shutting off non-essential elements

• shutting off heaters

• shutting off all computers

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Out of the three on board computers on Voyager 1, which one stopped working?

• Flight Data Hypersystem

• Flight Data Subsystem

• Flight Data Echosystem

• Flight Data Transmitter

What is included on the message disc that is on both Voyagers? Check all that apply.

• 115 images from life on Earth

• 35 sounds from life on Earth

• 90 minutes of generally Western music

• Greetings in 75 languages

• Greetings in 55 languages

What is included on the message disc that is on both Voyagers? Check all that apply.

• Greetings from President Jimmy Carter

• The location of Earth relative to several pulsars

• Greetings from UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim

• Greetings from President Gerald Ford

What did NASA do in order to repair the part that was no longer sending/receiving usable data? Check all that apply.

• Diverted the new working operational code to the remaining working chips in the computer

• Traveled to Voyager and replaced the chip

• Shut down the whole computer

• Re-coded the chip and "turned off" the part that was no longer functioning

When did Voyager 1 stop sending back usable data?

• November 2023

• January 2024

• September 2017

• April 2024

The Voyagers will keep transmitting even once all their scientific systems are shut down.

However, by around __________ they will pass beyond the range of receivers on Earth, continuing their journey further into the Galaxy in radio silence. 

• 2024

• 2046

• 2026

• 2036

In what year will the shutdown of science instruments begin on Voyager?

• 2024

• 2036

• 2046

• 2026

What is the correct launch date for Voyager 1?

• August 2012

• August 1977

• September 1977

• September 2017

What is the correct launch date for Voyager 2?

• August 2012

• August 1977

• September 1977

• September 2017